By the Numbers: UFC on Fuel TV 8

Like
old times, Wanderlei Silva had the Saitama Super Arena crowd on its
feet. | Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images

If Saturday night was any indication, Wanderlei
Silva still has plenty left in the tank. In a bout that brought
back memories of the Brazilian’s Pride Fighting Championships
prime, Silva managed to outslug a game Brian Stann
to earn a second-round technical knockout triumph in the
UFC on Fuel TV 8 headliner.

Neither Silva nor Stann was willing to give any ground in the
entertaining light heavyweight affair, with both men engaging in
wild exchanges at seemingly every opportunity. Much to the delight
of those in attendance at the Saitama Super Arena, it was Silva who
emerged with the victory – as well as bonus checks for “Fight of
the Night” and Knockout of the Night.” Here is a by-the-numbers
look at UFC on Fuel TV 8, with statistics courtesy of
FightMetric.com.

3: Knockdowns by Silva and Stann combined in 9:08
of fight time. “The Axe Murderer” dropped Stann in both the first
and second frames, while Stann scored his lone knockdown in round
one.

43: Significant strikes landed by both Silva and
Stann. Stann outlanded the Brazilian 31 to 24 in round one, while
Silva held a 19-to-12 advantage before finishing the fight in round
two.

200: Total strikes attempted by Silva and Stann.
In a fast paced, back-and-forth encounter, both Silva (49 of 97)
and Stann (65 of 103) were able to land more than 50 percent of
their attempted strikes.

2,365: Days since Silva’s last bout in Japan, a
knockout loss to Mirko
Filipovic at Pride “Final Conflict Absolute” on Sept. 10, 2006.
The Brazilian’s most recent win in the country came against
Kazuyuki Fujiti two months earlier.

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Mark Hunt has won four straight.

4: Losses via knockout or
technical knockout for Stefan
Struve during his UFC tenure. The Dutchman was stopped by a
Mark
Hunt left hook in the third round of their heavyweight
encounter on Saturday night. “Skyscraper” has also been finished by
strikes against Travis
Browne, Roy Nelson,
and Junior dos
Santos inside the Octagon.

14: Difference of height, in inches, between the
7-foot-tall Struve and the 5-foot-10 Hunt. “Skyscraper” also owned
a 9-inch reach advantage over the Pride and K-1 veteran.

0: Submission attempts for Struve, whose average
of 3.92 attempts per 15 minutes ranked fifth among all fighters in
the promotion coming in to his meeting with Hunt.

8: Consecutive fights that went the distance
between Hyun Gyu
Lim’s second-round knockout of Marcelo
Guimaraes to open the UFC on Fuel TV 8 card and Hunt’s finish
of Struve in the evening’s co-feature.

50: Pounds that Diego
Sanchez had to cut to make the 155-pound lightweight limit at
the beginning of his camp, according to the fighter’s Twitter
account. “The Dream” fell just short of his goal, coming in at 158
pounds at Friday’s weigh-ins. As a result, the New Mexican
forfeited 20 percent of his purse to Takanori
Gomi.

16: Significant strikes by which Gomi outlanded
Sanchez. “The Fireball Kid” held a striking advantage in every
frame, outlanding his foe 28 to 22 in round one, 31 to 27 in round
two, and 22 to 16 in round three. Sanchez, however, emerged with a
controversial split-decision triumph.

3-1: Record for Sanchez as a lightweight. His only
loss at 155 pounds came in a title bout against B.J. Penn at UFC
107.

39: Significant strikes by which Yushin Okami
has been outlanded in third rounds against Tim Boetsch
and Hector
Lombard during his last two appearances at the Saitama Super
Arena. “Thunder” was unable to hold off the third round onslaught
of Boetsch, as he was outlanded 21 to 0 en route to a TKO defeat at
UFC 144. Lombard outlanded Okami 22 to 4 in round three on
Saturday, but the former middleweight title challenger survived the
stanza to earn a split-decision victory.

101: Total strikes landed in rounds one and two
combined for Rani Yahya in
his unanimous decision triumph over Mizuto
Hirota, who landed just eight total strikes in that same
timeframe. Hirota mounted a rally in round three, outlanding his
opponent 31 to 4 over the course of the bout’s final five
minutes.

5: Significant strikes landed by Siyar
Bahadurzada in his decision loss to Dong Hyun
Kim. By comparison, the Afghan fighter landed three significant
strikes in his 42 second knockout of Paulo
Thiago at UFC on Fuel TV 2 in April.

157: Total strikes by which Kim outlanded
Bahadurzada. The “Stun Gun” scored takedowns in each round and
landed the majority of his offense from top position, landing 182
of his 221 total strikes attempted.

2: Consecutive wins inside the Octagon for
Takeya
Mizugaki after he earned a split verdict over Bryan
Caraway, the first time the Japanese fighter has earned
consecutive victories while competing under the Zuffa banner. Since
he appeared at WEC 40 in 2009, Mizugaki alternated losses and wins
in his first nine bouts before besting Jeff
Hougland and Caraway in his last two outings.